i dont agree with op at all im not in a tizzy over the use of the word nigger but im not going to smile at anyone who calls me a nigger and go on with my day either nigger is what we blacks have been referred to for decades and the use of that word by whites has been and is always meant to be derogatory what you think that word is a term of endearment what greater problem affects blacks in america more than overt racism get your head out of the sand